gulfnews : Global impact on regional bourses

Of all bourses in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, only that of Qatar registered a positive growth rate in 2011. To state the fact, the Qatari index grew by a mere 1.1 per cent although this figure seems outstanding compared to the performance of other regional markets, especially Bahrain.
Bahrain's bourse suffered the worst decline, sinking 20 per cent. It is easy to link the plunge to the unrest in the kingdom.
Muscat's Security Market, too, dropped by almost 16 per cent partly reflecting adverse consequences of unrest emerging at the start of 2011.

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